What would be the best pickups to replace my Aerodyne Jazz Bass pickups?

[mashup]

Hello fellow Bassmen/women

Moving on from a previous post of mine, where i was considering trading in my Aerodyne for a G & L L200, as i was in search for more tone, i have decided to just upgrade the pickups on my Aerodyne instead. I have already upgraded the stock Jazz pickup to a "Hum cancelling" DiMarzio UltraJazz, which hasn't actually cancelled any hum at all, but maybe this is down to additional cavity shielding being needed. I had the UltraJazz professionally installed, so i know that the grounding has been done properly.

Anyways....My question is, what would be, in your opinion, the absolute best p/j pickup set that i could buy to replace my current pickup configuration?

And also, does anyone know where in Surrey/South London i can take my Aerodyne to be fully cavity shielded/Grounded by a professional?

Thanks,

Mat

[Dom in Dorset]

Wizard pick ups do a PJ combo (two types of pj combo), not tried it myself but their stuff always seems to get rave reviews , as does their custumer service.

Edited February 2, 2010 by Dom in Somerset

[Nick80]

[quote name='Dom in Somerset' post='732631' date='Feb 2 2010, 10:16 AM']Wizard pick ups do a PJ combo (two types of pj combo), not tried it myself but their stuff always seems to get rave reviews , as does their custumer service.[/quote]

I got wizard to make a custom set for my aerodyne, think the p was a thumper and then an overwound j. So much better than the weedy original pups.

[JJTee]

I had some work done by Martin Phelps in Croydon, which was very impressive.

[url="http://www.martinphelpsmusic.com/workshop.htm"]http://www.martinphelpsmusic.com/workshop.htm[/url]

Also has pickup changed on my Aerodyne - I went for the Bassline quarter pounders. Very good results.

Edited February 2, 2010 by JJTee

[dmz]

Lindy Fralin do a P/J set but where the "J" is not a single coil but a humbucker just like the "P" - I believe they call it a linear humbucker.

I had a set in a US Lakland Bob Glaub and sounded superb - the bridge "J" was a smidge more full bodied than a single coil "J" but had a nice amount of attack and clang - good for Who covers !

If and when I have a P/J equipped bass up and running again I'll certainly go down the Fralin route.....

[MIJ-VI]

[quote name='mashup' post='732591' date='Feb 2 2010, 04:41 AM']Hello fellow Bassmen/women

Moving on from a previous post of mine, where i was considering trading in my Aerodyne for a G & L L200, as i was in search for more tone, i have decided to just upgrade the pickups on my Aerodyne instead. I have already upgraded the stock Jazz pickup to a "Hum cancelling" DiMarzio UltraJazz, which hasn't actually cancelled any hum at all, but maybe this is down to additional cavity shielding being needed. I had the UltraJazz professionally installed, so i know that the grounding has been done properly.

Anyways....My question is, what would be, in your opinion, the absolute best p/j pickup set that i could buy to replace my current pickup configuration?

And also, does anyone know where in Surrey/South London i can take my Aerodyne to be fully cavity shielded/Grounded by a professional?

Thanks,

Mat[/quote]

Hi Mat.

It's be kind to wallets week! ('Celebrated 52 times per year.)

With any of the Fenders I've owned over the years, achieving the right balance of neck relief, good string action at the bridge AND nut, intonation, and pickup height (level with the 'guard, and high enough for full-sounding string capture, yet low enough to minimize magnetic string-damping) made ALL the difference between a so-so 'guitar', and a [b]BASS[/b] which played like butter & sounded like gold.

[url="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=How+to+set+up+a+bass.&meta=&btnG=Google+Search"]How to set up a bass.[/url]

If your bass' string height is too high at the nut:

[url="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=How+to+file+nut+slots.&meta=&btnG=Google+Search"]How to file nut slots.[/url]

Re shielding:

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159191"]Jazz Shielding Pictorial (Big Images Warning) [/url]

The photos which are now missing from the early part of that thread have been archived in post #103 as an MS Word .doc file.

On the remote prospect that you don't have an application which can open said file: [url="http://www.openoffice.org/"]Open Office[/url]

As well: [url="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=How+to+shield+a+bass.&meta=&btnG=Google+Search"]How to shield a bass.[/url]

It's only a matter of time before most bass players (and guitarists) learn how to do their own setups because, in the end, only [i]we[/i] know how we wish our instruments to feel and perform.

[mashup]

[quote name='MIJ-VI' post='733920' date='Feb 3 2010, 11:46 AM']Hi Mat.

It's be kind to wallets week! ('Celebrated 52 times per year.)

With any of the Fenders I've owned over the years, achieving the right balance of neck relief, good string action at the bridge AND nut, intonation, and pickup height (level with the 'guard, and high enough for full-sounding string capture, yet low enough to minimize magnetic string-damping) made ALL the difference between a so-so 'guitar', and a [b]BASS[/b] which played like butter & sounded like gold.

[url="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=How+to+set+up+a+bass.&meta=&btnG=Google+Search"]How to set up a bass.[/url]

If your bass' string height is too high at the nut:

[url="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=How+to+file+nut+slots.&meta=&btnG=Google+Search"]How to file nut slots.[/url]

Re shielding:

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159191"]Jazz Shielding Pictorial (Big Images Warning) [/url]

The photos which are now missing from the early part of that thread have been archived in post #103 as an MS Word .doc file.

On the remote prospect that you don't have an application which can open said file: [url="http://www.openoffice.org/"]Open Office[/url]

As well: [url="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=How+to+shield+a+bass.&meta=&btnG=Google+Search"]How to shield a bass.[/url]

It's only a matter of time before most bass players (and guitarists) learn how to do their own setups because, in the end, only [i]we[/i] know how we wish our instruments to feel and perform. [/quote]



What a response! You Legend,

Cheers,

Mat

[gafbass02]

Ill sneak this in quietly here, and see who spots it before I make a thread about it but wizard now also make a pbass style split humbucker in a jazz sized casing. It's amazing and solo'd in a neck position can make a jazz sound like a big punchy p bass and if you roll back the tone a smidge... Instant 70's funk tone. In the bridge location it adds beef and punch and bite. A great pickup, called the 'Gaffer'

might be worth partnering it with something the the wizard trad or even the area 51 stealth for massive snarly badness!

[munkonthehill]

[quote name='gafbass02' post='734064' date='Feb 3 2010, 02:05 PM']Ill sneak this in quietly here, and see who spots it before I make a thread about it but wizard now also make a pbass style split humbucker in a jazz sized casing. It's amazing and solo'd in a neck position can make a jazz sound like a big punchy p bass and if you roll back the tone a smidge... Instant 70's funk tone. In the bridge location it adds beef and punch and bite. A great pickup, called the 'Gaffer'

might be worth partnering it with something the the wizard trad or even the area 51 stealth for massive snarly badness![/quote]

i cant see this on the website!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gafbass02]

Brand brand new! Not on there yet